diff --git a/databases/memcached/Makefile b/databases/memcached/Makefile
index 6e980ac15097..20e69d0598fd 100644
--- a/databases/memcached/Makefile
+++ b/databases/memcached/Makefile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR=	distfiles
 MAINTAINER=	seanc@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	High-performance distributed memory object cache system
 
-LIB_DEPENDS=	event-1.1a:${PORTSDIR}/devel/libevent
+LIB_DEPENDS=	event-1.2:${PORTSDIR}/devel/libevent
 
 USE_RC_SUBR=	memcached
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	YES